Rumble seat and mechanism for operating the same



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RUMBLE SEAT AND MECHANISM FOR OPERATING THE SAME Jan. 31, 1933.

Filed Feb. 19, 1932 2 Sheets-Sh9et 1 J. zuccA RUMBLE SEAT AND MECHANISM FOR OPERATING THE SAME Jan. 31, 1933.

Filed Feb. 19, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Jbaze so that when certain crank arms and levers Proper comprises t ihdividual'seats 8 With Patented Jan. 31,1933 v n I 1 895 832 I UNITED S TES PATENT *omch;

JOSE/PH mom, or kinesron, NEW YOR Romans: sm'r AN MECHANISM For} ornna'rme THE sum -App1ication filed February 19, 1932. Serial No. 594,983. r i l 1 My invention relates to newfand usefulim view showing the manner of hanging or supf provements in' rumble seats and the manner port ng. the rumble seat; of operating the same, and has for an object *F1g., 4 1s a rear "VlGW showlng the' rumble to provide a rumbleseat that may be quickly seatbemg open; r I and efliciently operated from the drivers seat. Flg. 51s a fragmentary detail showing the Stillanother object of the invention is to parts ofthe opening andclosing mechanism provide a rumble seat that is mounted for Operated toopen theseatyoscillation, that is, an opening and closing F g. 6 1s a simllar view with parts having movement, which may be controlled from the been operated toclose the same. i 1 60 1 drivers seat by the shifting of a lever, thus Re errlng to the drawmgs, and for the i I g 1 doing away with the ordinary inconveniences moment to Flg. 1, there 1s shown a part of of trying to lean over the rear wheel and the chassisl of an automobile, wlth the drlv- Open or close th t Q ers seat 2 therein and therear compartment Still anotherv object of the invention is to 3 for the rumble seat.- Now in this rear 65 id a bl t hi h, i t i compartment, thereare the side brackets 4 to a vided, so that a person stepping int th which 1s p voted the cradle,5 of the rumble rumble seat may step on a foot board rather at, as at the two po nts 6. The brackets than step on the upholstery, which is now the 4, as may be seen, are riveted to the side usual procedure. v 7 framesl of the chass s. V 20 Still another object of the invention is to t W 111'he'h0t1Cedthat there '1 a deck 7 provide a rumble seat which may be efiicient-I Wh h 1S a P it m e Seat"5,'and=1t ly operated from the drivers seat, the-rumble S thls deck? that closes the comphrtmeht 3 seat being tightly held in its open position h the rumble seatyls closed after the lever is thrown inone direction and Thls deck extends p y fromf h 20 tightlv locked in its closed position after the Chassls t? the pp edges of the sldes lever is thrown in the other direction. 9 the ahtomohlle tolclose the compartment 3 Still another object of the invention is to 1h the 1151131 11121111161; 1 a

provide the opening and closing m ch i It Wlll also be obvlous that therumble seat v 0 are operated and tension is put on theseveral thelr'hacks 9 rather than J the one Seat, a

members, the latches are released. Thus, is hu the case d between these Q there will be a'strong impetus given to either m pkewlsey the opening or closing movement of the i there 13 ahother p 011 the rumble seat,-which ispivotally mounted in chasslssothatohe may'steptl'omthe ground th f m f. dl Y V to the first step and then up into the rumble With these and other objects in View, the Seat l Q Puttmg 1118 t o the 'p invention consists in certain new and novel l q Q i fi i 9 1d at 1d arrangements and combination of parts, as e 705% ac S are eslbhe 0 0 inwardly so that when the rumble seat prop- 40 ggg i ifg g ig g ggfi descnbed and er is closed, the backs in their folded posi 90 tion will not strike the floor of the compart- Referrmg now more particularly to the ment I l r drewmesshowmg prefey'red b d m t -It will be noticed: that by pivoting the 1 1s central Vertlcal t h t rumble seat proper at the points 6, it may 45 automoblle Wlth the rumble Seat helhg ho swing fromthe position shown in Fig.1 about in closed position; the points6 as an axis to the positionshown Fig. 2 is a similar view but showing the in Fig. 2, that is, the deck in this instance deck'thrown down and the rumble seat in its will extend froma point just rear of the step open position; V i 10 down along the floor of the compartment Fig. 3 is-a substantially vertical sectional 3 and upwardly under a foot board 12, so

that when there is an occupant, or occupants,

' in the rumble seat, his feet will not become entangled in the mechanism now to'be de-' scribed. p

Having set out the structure and the manher in which the rumble seat is pivotally mounted, the mechanism for operating the rumble seat will now be set forth.

Referring for the moment to Fig. 1, there will be seen a bracket 13 in which ispivotally mounted the operating lever 14' which,"in turn, is pivotally connected at its lower end 'to the main operating rod 15, which extends rearwardly under the. compartment 3.

Referring again for the moment to Flg. 1,

there will be seen mounted on the upright 16: the forwardly extending and centrally posi tioned bracket 17 in which is pivotally mounted, as at 18, the bell crank'19. The

lower end 20 of this bell crank isprovided with a slot 21' through which, in turn, fits a A bolt 22 and also extends through a slot 22 in the arm 15. Also slottedly connected to this arm 15 is the arm 62 pivoted in the bracket 17 and extends from the arm 15 up to a latch bar 23, which is spring-pressed, as at 24.

Extending from the upright 16 may also be seen the bracket 25 through which a spring plunger 26 extends, which has a slot and pin connection, as at 27, with the upper end of v the bell crank 19. r

New on the lower surface of the rod 15,

there will be noticed a cam 28over which fits a bifurcated arm 29 provided with a spring .30, the upper end of this rod passing through the bracket 31 and the arm 29 being, in reality, a latch with the latch nose 32.

Also slottedly connected with the arm 15 adjacent the arm 29 is the vertical arm 33,

which is provided with. a spring-pressed 7: isprovidedwith the latch receivingcut-out 38', while at'the' lower edge ofthe deck is the little tongue 39, which will engage the latch nose 32 when the deck is swung inwardly, as will be shortly explained.-

Opemtion for the rumble seat 7 Supposing now that the rumble seat is closed, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The handle or lever 14 will be moved forwardly which, in turn, forces the rod 15.

rearwardly. This, in turn; will move the lower end of the arm 62 rearwardly to thus withdraw the latch 23 from its pocket 38 in the upper edge of'the deck 7. While the latch, however, is being withdrawn, the bell crank 19, through its connection with the arm 15 will be operated to move the upper exert a spring pressure upwardly on the rumble seat deck. As the arm 15' continues to move rearwardly toits furthermost end of travel, the'tension'on the'spring plunger 26 increases, so that by the time the latch nose 23" is pulledout of engagement, sufficient built-uppresSure will be exerted on the deck of the rumbleseat to. cause it to swing onits pivotallpoints 6, and the momentum of the rumble seat will cause-itj to swing from its closed position to its open position and the forward end of'the deck will now be just] below the floor board 12 within the compartment 3, as may be seen in Fig. 2.

leg of the bell crank lever upwardly to. thus 2 When the deck has swungto the position shown in Fig. 2, the little latch face 39 will pass over the'latch nose 32, and the lower edge 'of'the deck will abut the little spring-pressed member 34 which, it will be remembered, is

pivotedto the'upper end of thelever 33 and supported at its" free end by the support 31'.

This opening and closin mechanism will now appear, as shown in 1g. 5, the rumble seat and deck being omitted' from the drawings for the sake of clearness of illustration.

After the seat has been operated, the handle 14; will be returned to its neutral positionby the operator. 2

When it is desiredto close therumble seat, that is, :move it from the position shown in Fig. 2 to. the position shown in Fig. 1, the,

operation is just the reverse; That is,-the handle 14 is now lpulledrearwardly which, in turn, willpull the rod 15 forwardly,and

as this arm 15 is pulledforwardly, it will be. I

seen that the arm .33 is' pulled forwardly,

i. e. at its'lower endto exert a pressure through the spring plunger-'34 to theedg'e of the deck and, at the same time, the cam 28 riding on the roller of the arm 29 will pull down the arm 29 with the latch nose 32, so that the latch nose 32fwill .bewithdrawn from behind the little lug 39. As the latch nose 32 is withdrawn, the pressure of the springplunger 34 will exert a rearward pressure on the forward, edge of the deck of the rumble seat toagain throw it aroundon its pivotal points 6 to the position shown in Fig. 1. At the Sametime, the arm 62 "will have moved to its normal position,. so that the latch on its upper end will, in turn, again engage the pocket 38in the upper edge of the deck and the bellcrank 16will assume its normal position ready ,to' exert an upward pressure on the deckwhen the handle 14 is.

again operated.

From this, it Wlll be seen that itisan easy matter to open or close the rumble seat by simplya forward or rearward movement of the handle 14 and that there isno possibility of therumble seat rattling'when in itsclosed position, and likewise it is securely, latched in place when inits open position.

Should the seat be open and the operator push the handle 14 forwardly, the seat will not be operated, as the various lost motions will simply allow the bolts or'pins to idle in their slots. This is, of course, also true if the handle 14 were pulled rearwardly when the seat was already in its closed position.

Havingthus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is 1. A rumble seat adapted to be pivotally mounted in the rear of .an automobile, said seat including a deck, a latch for cooperating with the upper forward edge of the deck and a latch cooperating with the lower forward edge of the deck, manually-operated means for exerting an upward pressure on said deck, further means for exerting a pressure on the lower forward edge of said deck, and means for respectively releasing the latches while pressure is being exerted on the said deck for the opening and closing movements 2. A pivotally mounted rumble seat including a deck, a latch cooperating with the forward edge of the deck to hold the deck in its closed position and a further latch cooperating with the lower forward edge of the deck for holding the deck in its open position, a manually-operated rod cooperating with said latches for respectively releasing said latches depending on which way said rod is operated, and further means connected with the rod for exerting a pressure on the deck to swing the deck from its one position to the other and for releasing the latch which is at the time holding the deck in one of its locked positions.

3. A rumble seat, an arm connected with said rumble seat and a lever connected with said arm, a bell crank lever connected to said arm for exerting a pressure to respectively open and close said rumble seat when said lever is operated, latches also connected with said arm for operating said rumble seat, and

the said latches being released by the movement of said arm after pressure is built up to oscillate said rumble seat from its open and closed'positions.

4. A rumble seat mounted for pivotal movement, latches for holding the seat in its respective position, manually-operated mechanism for exerting a pressure on the seat to revolve said seat when said :manually-operated means is actuated, releasing mechanism for the latches connected with the manually-operated mechanism and adapted to release the desired latch after pressure has been built up on the mechanism for revolvin the seat.

n testimony whereof, I aifix my signature.

JOSEPH ZUCGA., 

